“Which is correct.”
“As my business is connected with baseball, and I hope to induce you to change your mind, I thought it best to meet you before making a statement.”
Merry smiled again.
“I fear you are giving yourself too much trouble,” he said.
“At least, you will not decline to talk the matter over?”
“No; but I am tired of baseball. The first cool days of autumn have given me a desire for sport of a different order, yet no less exciting.”
“You mean——”
“Football.”
“Will you play this fall?”